New Song: "Here Comes the Shock"

[Mato]

It's not necessarily a producer thing. They need to bring Chris Lord Alge finally back. Nothing in their catalogue that was mixed by other guys can be really compared with stuff he did. But I guess he almost always came in package with Rob Cavallo (except for 21CB) and it seems like the band don't really tend to work with him in the future.

And don't let me get started on how much I want them to bring Rob back. When they announced they were working with him (and CLA) again on Trilogy I was so happy. And those records were actually really nicely mixed and sound fucking great. Most people don't really have enough engineering / production knowledge to recognize how those records (which actually have pretty clean crunch guitar sounds) sound huge. Buy a pair of good quality monitors.

[Squashie]

6 minutes ago, jengd said:

I like the video, possibly watched too many fitness videos on YouTube over the last 12 months 😂

If I had not done a super intense workout before they released it (and being 10pm & bedtime), I probably would have been doing all the moves with her! Heck! I do some of those moves daily in my online workouts.

[Flashback]

3 minutes ago, Mato said:

It's not necessarily a producer thing. They need to bring Chris Lord Alge finally back. Nothing in their catalogue that was mixed by other guys can be really compared with stuff he did. But I guess he almost always came in package with Rob Cavallo (except for 21CB) and it seems like the band don't really tend to work with him in the future.

And don't let me get started on how much I want them to bring Rob back. When they announced they were working with him (and CLA) again on Trilogy I was so happy. And those records were actually really nicely mixed and sound fucking great. Most people don't really have enough engineering / production knowledge to recognize how those records (which actually have pretty clean crunch guitar sounds) sound huge. Buy a pair of good quality monitors.

I could imagine that Chris Lord-Alge is quite expensive and maybe they don‘t book him anymore because they don‘t expect the albums to sell well? Would be very sad but still possible I think..

[green day is]

7 hours ago, PluckyJokerhead said:

I feel like the negativity is a bit over the top, it's a fun enough song that doesn't mean much but clearly it's either a b-side or just written for the NHL contract.

If anybody was expecting a one-off NHL song to be any deeper lyrically then they were expecting too much from the get-go. It's not like this is a Back in the USA situation where the song was written straight after and as a result of a large political event, or the Network album where it was clearly more of a passion project and an excuse for the boys to have a bit of fun.

The next time they release a song without any clear contractual obligation/sports promotion/advert attached, I'll be expecting the more usual standard of songwriting from them. For now this is just a fun little song to tide us over . Also don't forget that recording music together can't be very easy at the moment, so they might not have been able to write a new song even if they wanted to.

 

"it's just a b-side bro" "it's just for the nhl bro, they had to write it"

all of foamf is dogshit just like this

[Jrem]

I honestly really hope they decide to include this song on the next album just to spite you all 😂😂 I could picture it coming right after a slow song and helping pick the pace back up. Song is a straight banger it’s undeniable for me.  I want to mosh to this. 
 

Green Day has proven time and time again that they’ll make the music they want to make and don’t give a rats ass about anyone’s negative opinions of their releases and quality. Y’all may not like this one but think about the countless other Green Day songs side projects etc that have released over the years! And to think there’s even more coming. You don’t have to like every Green Day song but the reality is some people will like the ones you don’t like and vice versa. This band is great because there’s something for everyone and it spans so many years. This is a fine edition to their discography and I’m certain there will be other songs to come with more depth to them.  Nothing wrong with this one being a fun light catchy song that you can jam to and mosh. Plus we just got all these amazing Network songs that just released let’s keep listening to those.

[Slave To The Network]

5 minutes ago, Mato said:

It's not necessarily a producer thing. They need to bring Chris Lord Alge finally back. Nothing in their catalogue that was mixed by other guys can be really compared with stuff he did. But I guess he almost always came in package with Rob Cavallo (except for 21CB) and it seems like the band don't really tend to work with him in the future.

And don't let me get started on how much I want them to bring Rob back. When they announced they were working with him (and CLA) again on Trilogy I was so happy. And those records were actually really nicely mixed and sound fucking great. Most people don't really have enough engineering / production knowledge to recognize how those records (which actually have pretty clean crunch guitar sounds) sound huge. Buy a pair of good quality monitors.

I LOVE the sound of the Trilogy.

[Charby]

Chris Lord-Alge did an amazing job on Nimrod. Miss that guy

[Flashback]

I miss Butch Vig. 21CB sounded so amazing! He has some really interesting recording techniques!

[angryasn]

7 minutes ago, Jrem said:

I honestly really hope they decide to include this song on the next album just to spite you all 😂😂 I could picture it coming right after a slow song and helping pick the pace back up. Song is a straight banger it’s undeniable for me.  I want to mosh to this. 
 

Green Day has proven time and time again that they’ll make the music they want to make and don’t give a rats ass about anyone’s negative opinions of their releases and quality. Y’all may not like this one but think about the countless other Green Day songs side projects etc that have released over the years! And to think there’s even more coming. You don’t have to like every Green Day song but the reality is some people will like the ones you don’t like and vice versa. This band is great because there’s something for everyone and it spans so many years. This is a fine edition to their discography and I’m certain there will be other songs to come with more depth to them.  Nothing wrong with this one being a fun light catchy song that you can jam to and mosh. Plus we just got all these amazing Network songs that just released let’s keep listening to those.

this!!!!

[Bakabanas]

I really like what Butch Walker is doing, I didn't like the song melody and lyrics at all, but the quality and sound of instruments, like in MMpart2, FOAM, is very ear-pleasing, like a collision of AI and Trilogy, but in a good way. Maybe it's just... you know... just my... opinion.

[That Dude]

3 hours ago, Ellen Caulfield said:

This is cool, I’ve never heard it. The song was also covered by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Queen and many other artist (I’ve never even heard of )

@That Dude Thanks for the info about Annie Get Your Gun! 

 

@BillieMyLove & @HAPPY FINKING UNICORN, I coudn’t agree more. But, I guess I’m just gonna enjoy the song anyway  

In the end there are more important things going on right now than arguing about bands.

What was the video?  It's been taken down now.   You're welcome.   I've been reading about Annie Get Your Gun and the punk rock aerobic lady.  

 

[greendepent]

Now with a more listenings on my side, I still find it below average. I like the flanger on the guitar.

Oh, it has claps buried on the mix, for clap lovers

[That Dude]

54 minutes ago, Jrem said:

I honestly really hope they decide to include this song on the next album just to spite you all 😂😂 I could picture it coming right after a slow song and helping pick the pace back up. Song is a straight banger it’s undeniable for me.  I want to mosh to this. 
 

Green Day has proven time and time again that they’ll make the music they want to make and don’t give a rats ass about anyone’s negative opinions of their releases and quality. Y’all may not like this one but think about the countless other Green Day songs side projects etc that have released over the years! And to think there’s even more coming. You don’t have to like every Green Day song but the reality is some people will like the ones you don’t like and vice versa. This band is great because there’s something for everyone and it spans so many years. This is a fine edition to their discography and I’m certain there will be other songs to come with more depth to them.  Nothing wrong with this one being a fun light catchy song that you can jam to and mosh. Plus we just got all these amazing Network songs that just released let’s keep listening to those.

Yes!  This song may bring in a new fan that vibes with the sound of "Here Comes the Shock".    It could be one new fan, it could be thousands of new fans.   

 

[Christian's Inferno!]

1 minute ago, greendepent said:

Now with a more listenings on my side, I still find it below average. I like the flanger on the guitar.

Oh, it has claps buried on the mix, for clap lovers

Why are gd so obsessed with the claps?

[That Dude]

17 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Looking at these lyrics and this has to be a joke:

”rumble in the streets” : that’s from 99 Revolutions 

“screaming bloody murder” : Nuclear Family

“Take it to the grave” and “we got no place to go”:  Back in the USA

”the Barrio” : referenced in Homecoming

I just don’t know what to say, I’m shocked at how low effort this is

new album is going to be an amalgamation of Trilogy/American Idiot/Back in the USA.

Noice. 

 

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/green-day/here-comes-the-shock-chords-3576569
 

Guess what my neighbors are about be hearing?    

The answer......may SHOCK you.   

Who would have thought this song is so simple.   I mean, I know ALL the chords to play this song.   

 

[That Dude]

In a strange way, this sort of feels like a return to the Dookie days.  

I know a lot of you disagree, but listen to the song.   There's not weird instruments in there.   No vocals effects.   It's guitar/drums/vocals.     Yes, 'guitar' includes bass.   

It's a simplistic rock song.   

It's a return to form.  

bye.  

 

[JOE THE X-KID]

14 minutes ago, That Dude said:

In a strange way, this sort of feels like a return to the Dookie days.  

I know a lot of you disagree, but listen to the song.   There's not weird instruments in there.   No vocals effects.   It's guitar/drums/vocals.     Yes, 'guitar' includes bass.   

It's a simplistic rock song.   

It's a return to form.  

bye.  

 

So what they were doing on The Trilogy? If this is a return to form, then Lord help us.

[Gonzalo17]

If this song had been on MM2020pt.2 everyone here would be saying that is one of te best song on the album... But as it is under the Green Day name, the general opinion is about "a bad song" 

[pacejunkie punk]

I just blasted it in the car. It’s not that bad, about on par with a Trilogy b side maybe

[DookieLukie]

If the lyrics were better, I'd probably love it tbh

[dudley dawson]

1 hour ago, Mato said:

It's not necessarily a producer thing. They need to bring Chris Lord Alge finally back. Nothing in their catalogue that was mixed by other guys can be really compared with stuff he did. But I guess he almost always came in package with Rob Cavallo (except for 21CB) and it seems like the band don't really tend to work with him in the future.

And don't let me get started on how much I want them to bring Rob back. When they announced they were working with him (and CLA) again on Trilogy I was so happy. And those records were actually really nicely mixed and sound fucking great. Most people don't really have enough engineering / production knowledge to recognize how those records (which actually have pretty clean crunch guitar sounds) sound huge. Buy a pair of good quality monitors.

Rob really is the only producer to consistently bring out the Green Day “magic”. Even on the trilogy, songs like X-Kid and Lazy Bones are quintessential Green Day and better than anything they’ve released since. I have to believe this is somewhat due to Rob.

5 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I just blasted it in the car. It’s not that bad, about on par with a Trilogy b side maybe

“Trilogy b side” is a pretty damn low bar lol

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

6 minutes ago, Gonzalo17 said:

If this song had been on MM2020pt.2 everyone here would be saying that is one of te best song on the album... But as it is under the Green Day name, the general opinion is about "a bad song" 

If this had been on MM2020pt.2 it would be on par with the repetitive one-line songs like Popper Punk and The One I Listened To Once And Forgot The Name Of

[DookieLukie]

Just now, dudley dawson said:

Rob really is the only producer to consistently bring out the Green Day “magic”. Even on the trilogy, songs like X-Kid and Lazy Bones are quintessential Green Day and better than anything they’ve released since. I have to believe this is somewhat due to Rob.

Good point, never thought of it that way. He did seem like sort of a Yes-man in Cuatro, but he does help them nail that GD sound.

I just want GD to work with someone who is respected and will challenge them. My issue with Butch is that his albums are always "noisy" and too poppy, and he's a huge GD fan which makes him biased. If I produced a GD record, I'd probably love everything and be too biased. 

[JardyOfSuburbia]

The song is perfectly fine for what it is. It’ll be used in NHL highlights and that’ll be that.

I think a lot of people unfairly criticize Butch Walker because of his association with Fallout Boy. Two of my favorite albums: Frank Turner’s “Positive Songs For Negative People” and Brian Fallon’s “Painkillers” are great sounding records that he produced. I liked his work on FOAM as well.

[That Dude]

12 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I just blasted it in the car. It’s not that bad, about on par with a Trilogy b side maybe

I've been waiting on some Trilogy b-sides.   They do tend to hold onto the leftovers and use them later.   Maybe that's what this is.